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2876. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... what it was? "GO...go quickly." What would the resurrection have mattered to history had we been content to sit there outside the empty tomb and reflect among ourselves about what had happened? What comfort could have been offered Jesus' grieving comrades had we stayed where we were and celebrated the resurrection in private? What impact would we have made on the hearts of religious people through the centuries? Had we just SAT there, we would have done no good at all. Of course, the reason for going was ...

2877. He Rose Again

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , "Don't y'all be scared one bit, because I know that you're looking for Jesus who was lynched. He isn't here. He was raised just as he told you..."(8) In 1968 Millard and Linda Fuller visited Koinonia, planning only to stay for a couple hours. Inspired by Dr. Jordan, however, the Fullers chose to make Koinonia their permanent home. Soon the organization changed its name to Koinonia Partners and started "Partnership Housing," a project to build quality, affordable homes for low-income area families. That ...

2878. The Forgiveness Factor

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... quiet otherwise. Forget about it - the man could not shut up. And who could blame him? More healings would soon follow, more demons cast out. Jesus' celebrity was increasing. It became bad enough that, as Mark has it, "Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere."(4) Wow! Finally, he is back in Capernaum, his adopted home town. The word is out. People come. They jam the house (which, by the way, is one of those code words in ...

2879. The Discipline of Discipleship

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . And best of all, we learned about Jesus. And we enjoyed it; we actually had fun...pictures and flannel graphs and coloring books. We looked forward to Sunday School with childish enthusiasm. And because we had that enthusiasm, that FUN, we learned things that have stayed with us for our entire lives. But then we began to grow up...teenagers. Sunday School was NOT so eagerly looked forward to anymore. From my own experience, I can say that the boys were interested in sports and girls and cars and girls and ...

2880. Sunday's Coming

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... can think again and recall a special time long, long ago. Then with heart and soul and every fibre of our being we can shout, IT'S FRIDAY, BUT, PRAISE GOD, SUNDAY'S COMIN'! Amen! 1. Pastors Professional Research Service, March/April 1993 2. Tom Long quoted by Brett Younger, "Staying for the Whole Parade," Pulpit Digest, March, April, 1999, pp. 73-78 3. Psalm 31:9-10 4. II Maccabees 10:1-8 5. Mark 15:9-14 6. Waco, TX: Word Publishing, 1985 7. ibid., pp. 124-126

2881. The View from Jesus' Pew

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... battered women's shelter, and was quite distressed to find that she had missed the worship service. She was going to be getting on a bus the following morning and heading to a new life in a city 1,000 miles away. The shelter had made arrangements for her to stay in a shelter in the new city while she searched for a job and housing and got herself on her feet. She had come to the church because she wanted to pay her tithe and have the pastor pray for her before she set out to build a new life ...

2882. Tell It Again, Daddy

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... as his world is crumbling around him, realizes that he has just heard this boy speak the words of hope that he had lost sight of. And, instantly, Arthur knows what to do. He forbids Tom from fighting in the coming battle and commands him rather to stay behind the lines until the conflict is over. He knights him - "Sir Tom" - and commands him to return to England, to grow up and grow old...and to remember the story of Camelot. He instructs his young friend, Each evening from December to December, Before you ...

2883. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... her husband Zechariah the priest had been trying for years to have a child but to no avail, and in that society, childlessness was considered a curse... unless, of course, you did not happen to be married. Like Mary. "Welcome, cousin. Come in and make yourself at home. Stay as long as you like. And what is the news from Nazareth?" We know her news. "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will ...

2884. The Trouble with Stables

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... into the quicksand of grown-up reality; the day-to-day grind of a job that is just work; the dull pain that hangs on and on about which the doctors cannot seem to do anything; the emptiness of a home that is now just a house where people stay - the love is gone; the boredom that comes in retirement after a life of fulfilling activity. Nothing dramatic, but then stables rarely are. The trouble with stables is not that they are dark and dirty and smelly - that is the nature of a stable. No, the trouble with ...

2885. Ready or Not, Here He Comes!

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a look of scarcely-disguised disgust, then bellows, "You are a bunch of SNAKES!!!" Wow. That should get a congregation's attention. The crowd is equally amazing. After this phenomenal insult, they must know that it is downhill from here, but they stay. "Vipers...the wrath to come...repentance...trees cut down and burned...winnowing fork...unquenchable fire." What was John trying to do? Scare the hell out of the people...literally? And then there is the gospel writer's remarkable conclusion to this drama ...

2886. A Fool and his Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... between his family and helping his friends the money just barely went far enough. One day the men got word that their father had died and the land that had been the family farm was to be divided between the two brothers equally. They both went to stay in their father's house while they tended to the various matters and arrangements of their father's affairs. After their father had been buried surveyors came and marked the land to allow for equal distribution. One night the older brother was lying in his bed ...

2887. Is God Like Daddy? - Father's Day

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , so I took a bus to...Seattle, 3,000 miles. I know now that it hurt my folks terribly that I would feel that way. It disappointed them that I would not go off to college like the rest of those my age. But they let me go...and I stayed away for almost a year. We kept in contact. There were letters and phone calls...collect of course. Then finally, after tiring of only being able to get little odd jobs, living in a ten-dollar-a-week room, and never really being sure I would have any money for ...

2888. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... They have been thoroughly educated in current Biblical interpretation and Christian doctrine, but then they get into their churches and learn very quickly that, if they take their learning seriously and preach and teach accordingly, they get into a peck of trouble. Stay away from controversial subjects. Do not call into question what folks learned as children in Sunday School. Preach what people already believe. That is the key to a long and happy pastorate. The result is the pabulum that often issues forth ...

2889. Head's Up!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to look up from the chaos around us and see Jesus, arms outstretched, welcoming, and loving his people. We initially thought he had somehow stood through it all, the wind, the hail, the rain, the total destruction of the building all around him, somehow he had stayed upright. We learned, however, another story. Two young girls, helping clean up for a family member in a nearby home, had taken time to come over to where the church had been and set aside a few items of church property they found scattered in ...

2890. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... who are wending their way home after having their hopes dashed.(2) Another point. The letter to the Hebrews urges us, "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it."(3) As far as I can see, inviting him to stay for dinner is the only thing these two did right. Maybe that's one more thing that this story is trying to tell us, that the world is more full of God than we reckon. Sometimes you look at someone and if the light is just right, or the ...

2891. The "E" Word

John 1:35-42

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... one figure that has remained remarkably consistent through the years - 95% of America believes in God. Eighty-four percent say they believe that Jesus Christ is God or the Son of God; two-thirds say they have made a personal commitment to him. Yet, they stay away from church. Why? Do they hate the institutional church? Some perhaps. But not most. Gallup figures indicate that almost three out of five of the unchurched...and they are defined as those who have not been to church for more than six months except ...

2892. Good News For Parents And For Kids, Too!

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... strings, not because we do not trust our young people, but because there is so much to fear. Jesus was at that age in Jewish life when a boy begins taking on some of the responsibilities of adulthood. He was not trying to hurt his parents when he stayed behind at the Temple. He was simply following his heart, and sometimes following your heart can pose some real problems for those who love you and feel responsible for you. Even good kids can drive you crazy. But notice one last thing: THE STORY HAS A HAPPY ...

2893. True Excellence

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the remaining soldiers who were to board the last boat were told they could bring only one piece of baggage. Two soldiers had been together throughout the war and had looked out for each other. When one was selected to go and the other was forced to stay behind and wait for a later boat, the first man turned over his duffel bag, spilling out all his personal possessions onto the ground, then told his friend to step into the bag. He then strenuously lifted the bag onto his back and carried his most important ...

2894. Love Your Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... cabinet, influential senators, and other dignitaries. While festivities were in full swing below, Stockton was summoned to fire the gun one more time. Most of the cabinet and the Senators did not come back up on deck this time. President Tyler started up and then stayed to hear his son-in-law finish a song. When Stockton did fire the gun, it exploded ” killing 2 members of the President's cabinet and a number of other influential men. Had the explosion occurred at any point earlier, the gun probably would ...

2895. Lips And Hearts

Romans 10:8b-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... woman, who read the inscription aloud to her husband. It is estimated that the bench weighs 600 pounds and it had to be hauled down a steep embankment to rest where it does. Whoever was responsible, the city has decided that the monument can stay. (4) There is something to be said for silent gestures like that. And Jesus warned us about making a show of our religion. Still, when a friend is floundering in darkness and needs someone to say something positive, something reassuring, something life-giving, then ...

2896. Been There, Done That, No Thanks!

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... yet. Waters thought she would be left behind. "Then Ms. Carter came," says the Congresswoman. "She would not leave without me. She took me to her own home and washed and braided my hair and got my clothes together so I could go on the picnic. And it stayed with me forever that she would do that. If you think that a teacher really cares about you," says Waters, "then you try to live up to their expectations. Ms. Carter had high expectations for me, and, especially after that picnic, I tried my best to live ...

2897. Role Models

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... reinforcements were coming and that their destiny was sealed. "Our doom is certain," Travis told the weary men. Travis then pulled his sword from its sheath and drew a line in the dirt floor in front of them and asked every man who was determined to stay in the Alamo and die to cross the line. Topley Holland was the first man across the line. Others quickly followed - Daniel Cloud, Micajah Utry, Davy Crockett. Colonel Jim Bowie was sick and unable to cross the line so he called for help and four men sprang ...

2898. How Can You Tell A Christian?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." This is Mother's Day. It is a day when we show our mothers that they are at least as important to us as Milk Duds. I must tell you, though, that one Mom had a most revealing experience on her birthday. Her two children ordered her to stay in bed. She lay there looking forward to being brought her breakfast, as the inviting smell of bacon floated up from the kitchen. At last the children called her downstairs. She found them sitting at the table, each with a large plate of bacon and eggs. "As a birthday ...

2899. Hope Wins!

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... Leroy Hood, the Lasker Prize-winning California Institute of Technology biology chairman and physician who specializes in inventing high-tech machines to find and decode genes. "Our goal is not to help people live forever," Hood says, "But we will let them stay healthy and productive through the entire natural lifetimes." No wonder we are excited about the future. The future holds much promise. OF COURSE, IT IS ALSO FRAUGHT WITH DANGER. Have you noticed that people's fear of the future has changed. Once ...

2900. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... what some of us need. We need to be turned inside out. Any real change in our lives is not easy. And most of us fight such changes tooth and nail. The primary reason we are not everything Christ calls us to be is that we really would prefer to stay where we are as we are. Change is possible, but it is not easy. That brings us to the last thing to be said on this matter: REAL CHANGE IS A GIFT FROM GOD. St. Paul ends this passage by writing: "And I still was not known by sight to ...

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